Officers said Huntington died at the hands of her daughter, 33-year-old Jennifer Kate Huntington. She is charged with first-degree murder.

The victim's body was discovered Saturday at a home on Rampart Drive.

Neighbors spoke highly of the victim, Fabian Huntington, who went by Faye, but said mother and daughter had a rocky relationship.

"I could hear them talking loud and fighting," said Felecia Seekamp.

According to police, Jennifer Huntington was hospitalized after she turned up at a nearby home Thursday night, wearing only a towel. She told the homeowner she wanted the pain to go away.

At the hospital, Huntington spontaneously told staff she had killed her mother, according to the police report.

Earlier the same day, Charley Moore saw Huntington behaving erratically while looking at some of his Christmas decorations.

"This lady come walking down my side yard," said Moore. "She looked like she was disoriented and she didn't know where she was. I said to her, I said, 'Are you lost?' and she said, 'No -- can I have a ride on the sleigh?'"

By Huntington's own admission, she's been hospitalized for mental health issues several times after her mother's body was discovered.

Officials said Jennifer Huntington detailed her mother's death to police saying she used a silk scarf, wrapped it around her mother's neck and strangled her. She said that her mother went peacefully but it took 45 minutes.

Huntington said she told her mother, "Momma don't fight it, don't fight it," and told police her mother had nothing in her body to release, like a soul, according to a report.

When asked by police why she did it, Huntington said, "I thought God would make it all OK." She also told police she tried to kill herself that night by overdosing on pills.

Huntington was taken into custody just after 11:30 a.m. at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach.